False! The VP at the very least will balance out the ticket like JFK with LBJ. Or, a prez might want someone that knows congress better like the Carter/Mondel ticket or Clinton/Gore. The Reagan/Bush ticket brought together charisma with governmental experience. The VP needs to bring something specific to the table. Not any doofus will do.
Name one REPUBLICAN VP nominee since, say, Spiro Agnew, who hasn’t been a schmuck. Er, make that name one REPUBLICAN Presidential candidate who hasn’t been a schmuck.
Up until JFK/Johnson, the VP position was considered a successor position, as there was a good chance the President might die in office. Somewhere around there the decision making changed and the VP wasn’t as strong as before.
I normally think Kelley’s about as funny as a crutch, but this made me chuckle. Mind you, imo Biden’s too old, male and white to be a great candidate, but I’ll be voting for the anybody but him candidate no matter who the Dems choose.
shakeswilly almost 5 years ago
Any doofus can be PRESIDENT. Trump is showing us that every day.
gammaguy almost 5 years ago
“Any doofus can be Vice President.”
Any doofus, perhaps, but not every doofus. (Sarah who?)
Judge Magney almost 5 years ago
As proven by Mike Pence
preacherman almost 5 years ago
False! The VP at the very least will balance out the ticket like JFK with LBJ. Or, a prez might want someone that knows congress better like the Carter/Mondel ticket or Clinton/Gore. The Reagan/Bush ticket brought together charisma with governmental experience. The VP needs to bring something specific to the table. Not any doofus will do.
smokysilver.so Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Worried, aren’t ya
walfishj almost 5 years ago
Name one REPUBLICAN VP nominee since, say, Spiro Agnew, who hasn’t been a schmuck. Er, make that name one REPUBLICAN Presidential candidate who hasn’t been a schmuck.
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Seems any doofus can be president so long as Fox News endorses it.
NORTHIDAHO almost 5 years ago
The best part of reading Steve Kelley’s comic is clicking on the point of Hillary’s nose to open it.
mauser7 almost 5 years ago
I forget which US VP said it, but I do recall the characterization of the job as “Not worth a bucket of warm spit”(sic).
Durak Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Joe Biden served as one of the best VP’s we’ve had since Johnson. He’ll make a strong president.
Kurtass Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Or a cardboard cut out.
mikemck almost 5 years ago
Name calling and personal attacks??? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, any doofus can be a cartoonist.
Scoutmaster77 almost 5 years ago
What are you saying about Magic Mike? :-D
TLH1310 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Sometimes the strategy is to have a VP that people don’t want, so there’s less of a chance of assassinating the President.
DrDon1 almost 5 years ago
Kelley may have been “inspired” when he thought of Agnew, Quayle, and Pence….
TLH1310 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Up until JFK/Johnson, the VP position was considered a successor position, as there was a good chance the President might die in office. Somewhere around there the decision making changed and the VP wasn’t as strong as before.
Concretionist almost 5 years ago
I normally think Kelley’s about as funny as a crutch, but this made me chuckle. Mind you, imo Biden’s too old, male and white to be a great candidate, but I’ll be voting for the anybody but him candidate no matter who the Dems choose.